An Austrian skydiver will try to break the sound barrier during a free fall from a balloon on the edge of space later this year, The Telegraph reported Sunday.

Felix Baumgartner will be the first...

Over 6,000 individuals have applied for joining NASA's Astronaut Corps, twice as many as the US space agency usually receives, NASA said Sunday.

Late last year, NASA announced a selection procedure...

Former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief G. Madhavan Nair on Sunday said the ISRO committee's report on the Antrix-Devas deal was one-sided and had not brought out facts...

An Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) committee indicted former ISRO chief G Madhavan Nair and three other senior scientists late on Saturday night for acts of commission in Antrix-Devas...

Russian scientists are looking forward to have a man on the moon by 2020, as it launches a new campaign to select a new team of cosmonauts to train for the special task, according to reports.

The...

NASA has received 6,372 applications for its 2013 class of astronauts, double the usual number, the US space agency said.

Only in 1978, when applications surged to more than 8,000, have more people...

-; A genetic variant that increases the risk of a common type of stroke has been identified by scientists in a study funded by the Wellcome Trust and published online...

A house explosion on Sunday killed the father and two boys involved a bitter custody dispute near Tacoma, Washington, authorities said, two years after the...

The Boeing Co., long noted as a producer of strategic weapons, now manufactures a variety of commercial and military products. In keeping with rapidly changing technology, Boeing is in the Space age...

-; University of British Columbia researchers have discovered the molecular pathway that enables receptors inside immune cells to find, and flag, fragments of pathogens trying to invade a...

TUNIS, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- The United States' space agency, NASA, will help Tunisia better manage its water resources, the official Tunisian press agency TAP reported on Monday. A project...

The first commercial cargo run to the International Space Station is off until spring. SpaceX planned to launch its unmanned supply ship from Cape Canaveral on Feb. 7. But the company said more...

From Darwinian evolution to the idea that personality is largely shaped by chance, the favorite theories of the world's most eminent thinkers are as eclectic as science itself. Every January,...

In this Nov. 2, 2011 file photo distributed by Russian Roscosmos space agency technicians work on the Phobos-Ground probe at Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The spacecraft is expected to fall to Earth around...

Sometimes science delves into taboo subjects -- and turns up interesting results. This year was no exception, with researchers delving into such blush-worthy topics as premature orgasms, sex toys and...

Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper speaks before the start of an interview with Reuters in his office on Parliament Hill in Ottawa February 3, 2012. REUTERS/Chris Wattie OTTAWA - Several...

CALGARY -- Tragedy took over a day of outdoor fun at Castle Mountain Saturday afternoon, as a young woman may have watched her husband-to-be snowboard to his death. A Calgary man, 30, was tackling...

Bjrn Olsen of Uppsala University in Sweden and colleagues took seawater samples between 10 and 300 metres away from Chile's Antarctic research stations, Bernardo O'Higgins, Arturo Prat and...

U.S. researchers have developed a self-guided bullet. The 10 cm, dart-like bullet can hit laser-designated targets more than 1.6 km away. Sandia National Laboratories/HANDOUT U.S. researchers have...

New Delhi, Feb. 5: The four former space scientists punished for their role in a scrapped satellite deal had breached standard procedures, overlooked national interest and misled the Union cabinet...

Play video ­NDP leadership candidates squared off in Sudbury, Ont., on Sunday in a riding association debate as the race to replace the late Jack Layton enters its last leg. New Democrats are...

Ontario locomotive plant shuts down LONDON, Ont. -- The Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) union is prepared to occupy the Electro-Motive plant in London if owner Caterpillar Inc. doesn't bargain a...

Jack Layton. (File Photo) OTTAWA - A byelection will be held in Jack Layton's former riding on March 12, according to the Prime Minister's Office. The riding of Toronto-Danforth, which...

Sayfildin Tahir Sharif. (HO) EDMONTON -- Finding foreign terrorists on home soil should come as no shock to Canadians who may be partially to blame, says an Edmonton professor of international...

Clint Eastwood might sound like an unlikely candidate to help investigate the evolution of the brain, but he has lent a helping hand to researchers doing just that. It turns out that brain regions...

Quebec Premier Jean Charest. (JOEL LEMAY/QMI Agency) MONTREAL - Quebec will turn 20% of its vast northern territory into internationally recognized protected areas, a plan Premier Jean Charest said...

Monkeys are our closest living relatives, whose brains have long served as an indispensable model for understanding how our own brain works. But we're separated from each other by 25 million...

This handsome African mystery bird is endemic to Ethiopia and Eritrea. It also is placed into several taxonomic families, depending upon which authority you are referring to. Can you identify this...

Florida's ecologists can be forgiven one pet hate: Burmese pythons discarded by their owners have eaten many Everglades mammals practically to...

It's time to declare a ceasefire in the fight to find out whether the constants of nature vary. What was supposed to be a new superweapon in the battle has turned into something of a damp...

Realistic rents and building upgrades are credited with filling up retail space in Hamilton's central city. There are fewer empty shops in the CBD than at any time in the past three years, with...

Everyone wants to be happy. And yet most people aren't even sure what happiness is -- much less how to get it. Unraveling that mystery is the work of smile science, a field that relies on...

A demonstrator stands in front of a soviet flag during a protest demanding fair elections in the southern Russian city of Stavropol Feb. 4, 2012. REUTERS/Eduard Korniyenko MOSCOW - Vladimir...

U.S. soldiers and Afghan security forces secure an area near a car bomb blast attack in the city of Kandahar Feb. 5, 2012. REUTERS/Ahmad Nadeem KABUL - A car bomb in the south Afghan city of Kandahar...

Arab League suspends Syria mission BEIRUT/UNITED NATIONS - Western and Arab countries responded with outrage on Sunday after Russia and China vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution that would have...

MOSCOW - A fire broke out on Sunday at a Moscow nuclear research centre that houses a non-operational 60-year-old atomic reactor, an emergency official said, and Russia’s nuclear agency said...

Play video TORONTO -- The City of Toronto has hammered out a deal with CUPE Local 416. Talks went down to the wire and then into overtime overnight but Sunday morning, a tentative deal was reached...

A suitable climate and the easy availability of food make the Hokersar wetland reserve in Indian-administered Kashmir a favourite destination for nearly a million migratory birds every winter. This...

MOSCOW, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- The crash of Russia's Mars probe Phobos-Grunt was caused by space radiation and engine failure, Russia's Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said...

contest aims to advance scientific research--while demystifying it for the general public--through visualizations. The National Science Foundation and the journal...

Compiled by an ardent bibliophile, this weekly report includes books about mosses, scientific art and stream ecology that have been newly published in North America and the...

To build their battery they sandwich a solid polyethylene oxide electrolyte between a lithium iron phosphate cathode and lithium titanate anode. All of these are thermoplastic materials, which can be...

More than 100 Conservative MPs have written to David Cameron calling on him to slash subsidies for onshore wind turbines. The MPs also want planning rules changed to make it easier for local people...

Canterbury senior Nevil Parikh checks the alignment of the tower he and teammate Ryan Byer created for the Science Olympiad hosted by IPFW on Saturday. Teams from nine area schools competed in more...

New trade and investment agreements between Qatar and Nepal will allow investors to explore the "abundant potential for promoting bilateral trade, tourism and foreign direct investment,"...

The Qatar Science Leadership Programme (QSLP) is now accepting applications from Qatari postgraduates for its prestigious vocational training. Submissions are invited until May 15th, 2012, with...

IT is the ultimate parachute jump: from the edge of space, Felix Baumgartner will leap from a balloon and plummet 120,000ft.After 35 seconds he will break the sound barrier, and finally, at 5,000ft,...

More than 100 Conservatives are among MPs who have written to the prime minister calling on him to slash subsidies for onshore wind turbines. The MPs also want planning rules changed to make it...